Rachele Adedeji shot to fame in series six of the X Factor when she made it to the live shows, appearing alongside Joe McElderry, Olly Murs and Jedward.
From there, the star has proven that she isn't just talented with a microphone - also racking up several acting credits to her name including her role as Lisa Loveday on soap opera Hollyoaks.
She will be a familiar face on many people's TV screens, but few people know about some of the issues that she's faced off the cameras, and the beautiful family which she is so grateful for.
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A little known fact about the singer-turned-actress is that she actually applied to The X Factor one year before making it to the live shows.
She made it to boot camp in series five but failed to impress Simon Cowell and the panel - and so was not taken forward to judges houses.
In 2015, she tied the knot with her long-term partner Jason Finegan, and gave birth to the pair's first child Lillian In 2020.
On the anniversary of when they first met, she showed her appreciation for her hubby on Instagram in a heartfelt post.
Posting to her 136k followers, she wrote: "10 years today with my first love. Met at 18 and still so strong.
Jason Finegan I feel so blessed to have you, thank you for everything. Find someone who makes you happy, someone you will never have to change for."
And gushing about her daughter Lilian on her third birthday earlier this year, she penned: "The past three years have been so amazing and I am so excited for the many more wonderful years we have together.⠀
"I love raising my princess into a queen. Her personality is just amazing, she really is a vision of me and her daddy."
Things haven't always been so perfect in her work life, sadly.
Adedeji's role on Hollyoaks was incredibly dramatic. She starred as the real Lisa Loveday - the lost daughter of Simone and Louis Loveday who had been living with an imposter the entire time.
Despite maintaining that her Hollyoaks experience was 'mostly positive', Adedeji took to Twitter following Black Lives Matter protests across the globe to open up about racism she encountered while working on the show, according to the BBC.
She claimed she was told "you're all the same" by a make-up artist, and that she was "forced to drastically change their hair" amid concerns that viewers wouldn't be able to her apart from other Black actresses on the show.
She said: "Working at Hollyoaks is mostly positive, but the experiences I have encountered are a constant reminder of how difficult it is being a Black woman in the industry. I am no longer standing for it.
"I've worked on Hollyoaks for four years and only ever worked with one Black director."
The soap subsequently launched an investigation into her claims, with producers saying that they were "deeply shocked and saddened" by the issues that she had addressed. An investigation followed, but the actress still decided to leave the show.
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Elsewhere, the star has also appeared in one episode of medical drama Doctors, as well as Lorraine on ITV.
She's even played Mary Magdalene in Bill Kentwright's touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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